6 Hour per day Life Skills Assistant
6 Hour per day Life Skills Assistant
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Bethel School District is seekingqualified applicants for a 6 hour per dayLife SkillsAssistant for Shasta Middle School.
Bethel Schools are committed to creating safe caring mutually respectful environments whereallstudentsare honored and valued for their diverse cultural backgrounds strengths and abilities in every instructional practice and school activity to support academic achievement and student success.
Our Mission
To create relevant responsive and joyful learning communities where all students thrive.
We Believe
- We believe that every Bethel student can find joy connection and purpose at school when given the opportunity to learn grow and engage.
- We believe each student arrives in our schools with a unique and diverse range of strengths skills and perspectives that we must honor and uplift.
- We believe that we are accountable for implementing equitable systems that are relevant responsive and adaptable to the needs of our students.
- We believe our schools will be places where students families and staff are welcomed and valued as members of our Bethel team.
Nature of Work
A Life Skills Assistant provides individual and small group support and personal assistance often in a general education or special education program to students with distinct and exceptional behavioral needs and challenges as determined by a licensed specialist. The primary purpose of positions in this class which distinguishes it from positions of other classes is to implement specific protocol in individualized behavior intervention plans provide active supervision to students with such plans and maintain student progress data.
A position of this class may provide support to students in 1:1 small group or large group settings implementing classroom behavior protocols and individual interventions. This may include supporting an individual student full time in one program or across programs a small group of students in one program multiple students in multiple programs or assisting in a classroom during the implementation of a behavior intervention plan. An employee of this class may also collect assessment information and progress data from behavior intervention plans student staff and parent interviews archival reviews observations and academic assessments.
A position of this class may be assigned fulltime to student(s) with a physical impairment that requires the employee to assist with school tasks the student cannot perform such as attending class and taking notes; carrying books; adapting written school materials; personal cleanliness and hygiene; administering medication; setting up or operating specially adapted equipment; food preparation and feeding the student; and assisting the student to communicate with teachers classmates and others.
An employee in this class will utilize knowledge and skills gained from trainings such as Students and Youth with Needs that are Complex (SYNC) Functional Behavioral Assessment and other trainings as identified by licensed specialist and administrators.
Examples of Work
These duties are illustrative only. Other duties may be assigned.
- Implements individualized behavior intervention plans that may include precorrecting for expected behavior providing social skills and anger management instruction redirection positive reinforcement and consequences.
- Assists in developing lesson plans for students prepares instructional materials provides instructional assistance to students tutors students reads and paraphrases tests and provides assistance in problem solving skills.
- Creating materials related to behavior intervention plans such as point sheets picture schedules assignment sheets and hometoschool communication systems.
- Observes and participates in recording student progress and correcting papers; confers and consults regularly with teachers about problems encountered with student and shares behavioral and academic observations of individual students with the instructor and/or specialist.
- Clerical and word processing or computer data base updating duties may be assigned to positions as time permits but are not considered primary tasks and do not require a large percentage of time.
Selection Factors
- Knowledge of effective strategies for behavior management and support.
- Ability to assist in preparing materials for lesson plans.
- Ability to interact positively with children and adults and observe individual student behaviors and abilities.
- Ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with teachers students administrators parents and coworkers.
- Ability tomaintainan appropriate and legal level of confidentialityregardingstudents staff and otherindividuals.
- Ability to maintain regular predictable and prompt attendance.
Minimum Qualifications
High school diploma or equivalent. Previous course work and training or child development childcare or instructional assistance experience that demonstrates possession of the knowledge and abilities needed to perform the work. Ability to prove Highly Qualified status under NCLB or pass Bethel School Districts Highly Qualified Assessment. Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training that ensures the ability to perform the work may be substituted for the required experience.
Upon offer of employment applicants must obtain a fingerprint clearance from the Oregon Department of Education through a process authorized by the Bethel School District. Applicants would be responsible for the onetime fingerprint clearance fee.
For information regarding this position please emailBrady Cottle Principal Shasta Middle School.
To apply please follow the link toTalentEd School Spring.
Bilingual candidates and candidates experienced in working with bilingual students and families will receive preferential consideration.
If you are an indistrict employee and wish to be considered for this position please indicate your interest in writing toRemie Calalang Assistant Superintendent by 4:00 p.m. May 15 2025.
CLOSING DATE: Open until filled
Bethel School District 52 complies with provisions of the various civil rights laws such as the Fair Employment Practices Act
Title IX regulations and Section 504 of PL93.112 in employment and educational programs and activities.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
DRUGFREE WORKPLACE
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
The Bethel School District an equal opportunity employer complies with provisions of the various civil rights laws such as the Fair Employment Practice Act Title IX Regulations and Section 504 of PL 93.112 in employment and educational programs and activities.
The District is committed to maintaining a drugfree workplace and strictly complies with the DrugFree Workplace Act of 1988 and the DrugFree Schools and Communities Act amendments of 1989.
Reasonable accommodations for the application and interview process will be provided upon request and as required in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Disabled persons may contact Remie Calalang Assistant Superintendent at (541)for additional information or assistance.
POSITIONS AVAILABLE PLEASE POST IMMEDIATELY
4640 Barger Drive Eugene OR 97402 l Phone: (541)l Fax: (541)l
Employment Type
Full-Time
